the gist. names of u.s. soldiers killed in combat in Iraq, Nightline plans to read every single one of &#39;em on tonight&#39;s episode, and Sinclair (a company that owns a few dozen stations, including eight ABC affiliates) has replaced the show on their schedules with substitute programming. Sinclair says Nightline are a bunch of liberal scumbags trying to undermine support for the war/occupation, and they would rather see a fair and balanced program that glorifies the administration since Sinclair&#39;s executives have given a buncha money to Bush & Cheney. the tit-for-tat supposedly is that the Republicans support deregulation of broadcasting so that companies like Sinclair can own more & more stations per market and choke out the last vestiges of independent & locally owned TV/radio.

the article somehow manages to imply that Sinclair are complete wackos... despite all signs that Sinclair&#39;s actions are fair, reasonable, and only motivated by concern for the public interest rather than by petty politics.